The Landlord (1970)

  • NR
  • 05/20/1970 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 52m

Watch the landlord get his.

Overview

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.

Kristin Hunter

Novel

Hal Ashby

Director

Bill Gunn

Screenplay

Cast

Beau Bridges's headshot

Beau Bridges

Elgar Enders
Lee Grant's headshot

Lee Grant

Joyce Enders
Diana Sands's headshot

Diana Sands

Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Pearl Bailey's headshot

Pearl Bailey

Marge
Walter Brooke's headshot

Walter Brooke

William Enders
Louis Gossett Jr.'s headshot

Louis Gossett Jr.

Copee Johnson
Marki Bey's headshot

Marki Bey

Lanie
Mel Stewart's headshot

Mel Stewart

Professor Duboise

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